The Weight of Water

Kathryn Bigelow directed with Sean Penn, Sarah Polley and Elizabeth Hurley. 2 parallel stories (a la The French Lieutenant's Woman): the first, a 1873 murder of two norwegian women on Smuttynose Island, offshore of New Hampshire and Maine; the second, present day, two couples, on a boat, on the same islands as the wife gathers information for an article on the murders. She suspects the man who was hanged was not the real murderer. She suspects a woman killed the other two women, one her sister, the other her sister-in-law.
Based on the book by Anita Shreve and the true story of the murders, the film keeps all the physical evidence and witnesses off camera and instead the murder is acted out two ways.
Many interesting things going on here: the 2 intertwined stories, the 2 women at the heart of each story, so many layered themes which seem to play off each other as the film progresses.
It's lead me to look up more info on the murder itself and given me another example of how a historical event can be brought to life, made fresh again.
Almost all scenes are shot on location, very few interiors. It's not a slow to evolve film, but it does have its own pace. A real study in suspense, storytelling and point of view. Worth seeing again.